List of Taliban provincial governors

This is a list of provincial governors of the Taliban (Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan) from 1996 to 2001. Much of the information is drawn from a United Nations list of senior Taliban leaders.[1]

Taliban provincial governors[1][2][3]
HonorificNameProvinceNotes
MullahMohammad Hasan RahmaniKandahar Province
MaulaviAbdul KabirNangahar Province
  • Second Deputy, Council of Ministers
  • Head of Eastern Zone
MaulaviAbdul Jabbar OmariBaghlan Province

Guarded Mohammed Omar in the years after the US invasion.

MaulaviNorullah NooriBalkh Province
  • Head of Northern Zone
Muhammad IslamBamiyan Province
MullahJananFaryab Province
MullahDost MohammadGhazni Province
MaulaviKhair Mohammad KhairkhwahHerat Province
MaulaviAbdul BariHelmand Province
MaulaviNazar MohammadKunduz Province
MaulaviWalijanJawzjan Province
MullahManan NyaziKabul ProvinceDeputy leader of a Taliban faction led by Mullah Akhtar Mohammad Mansour. Died 15 May 2021 in a Kabul hospital from gunshot wounds inflicted by unknown gunmen in Herat Province.[4]
MaulaviA. Wahed ShafiqKabul Province
  • Deputy Governor
MaulaviShafiqullah MohammadiKhost Province
  • Appointed the Governor of Khost in January 2000.[5]
M. EshaqLaghman Province
MaulaviZia ur Rahman MadaniLogar Province
MaulaviHamsudinMaidan Wardak Province
MullahMuhammad RasulNimroz Province
MaulaviTawanaPaktia Province
MullahM. ShafiqSamangan Province
MaulaviAminullah AminSar-e Pol Province
MaulaviAbdulhai SalekUrozgan Province
MaulaviAhmad JanZabol Province

References

  1. 1 2 John R. Bolton (2003). "Denied Persons Pursuant to UN Security Council Resolution". United States Federal Registry. Retrieved 2010-11-03.
  2. ↑ "Security council committee on Afghanistan designates further individuals, financial entities relating to resolution 1267 (1999) and 1333 (2000)". United Nations. 2000-04-12. Archived from the original on 2009-08-11.
  3. ↑ "The Consolidated List established and maintained by the 1267 Committee with respect to Al-Qaida, Usama bin Laden, and the Taliban and other individuals, groups, undertakings and entities associated with them". United Nations. 2010-01-25. Archived from the original on 2010-03-06.
  4. ↑ "Deputy Head Of Breakaway Taliban Faction Dies Following Attack". Ghandara. Radio Azadi. Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. 15 May 2021. Retrieved 2021-08-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  5. ↑ "Afghan Taliban replace unpopular Khost governor". Agence France Presse. 2000-01-27. The installation of Maulavi Shafiqullah Mohammadi as the new governor four days ago appears to be the first time the Islamic fundamentalists have replaced a governor because of his unpopularity.
  6. ↑ Amir Mir (2010-03-01). "Pakistan wipes out half of Quetta Shura". The News International. Archived from the original on 2010-03-09. According to well-informed diplomatic circles in Islamabad, the decision-makers in the powerful Pakistani establishment seem to have concluded in view of the ever-growing nexus between the Pakistani and the Afghan Taliban that they are now one and the same and the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and the Quetta Shura Taliban (QST) could no more be treated as two separate Jihadi entities.